👤 Ken Banks

4 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
4
2026-08-05 – 2026-10-28
Claims per article
38
151 extracted in total
Hedged claims
15%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,752
characters
Writes for BBC News.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Health
50%
Crime & Law
25%
Sports
25%
Most-tagged topics
AberdeenshireAberdeenBBCBBC ScotlandBBC Scotland NewsBuckieDundeeHuntly

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.17 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-28 · BBC News · Sports
Losing my legs ended my football dream - now skiing gives me freedom
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-30 · BBC News · Health
Endometriosis trial gives hope to millions of women in pain like me
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-05 · BBC News · Health
Hundreds of North Sea workers too heavy for new helicopter rules
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans right
2026-08-05 · BBC News · Crime & Law
Couple woke to find shirtless intruder in Travelodge room
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-08-05 · BBC News
Couple woke to find shirtless intruder in Travelodge room
🔮 The couple were given a room refund, as well as a £100 Travelodge voucher - which Grieve said he doubted they would use. assertive
2026-09-05 · BBC News
Hundreds of North Sea workers too heavy for new helicopter rules
🔮 Jobs could be lost as a result, and an occupational health expert said some had left the offshore industry rather than lose the weight. assertive
2026-09-30 · BBC News
Endometriosis trial gives hope to millions of women in pain like me
🔮 She would wake up in the night vomiting, and on some days Charlotte found she could not stand or get out of bed. mixed
2026-10-28 · BBC News
Losing my legs ended my football dream - now skiing gives me freedom
🔮 Adam's coach thinks the Parlaympic Winter Games could be a target. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first. Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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